NARA to study Haldeman notes.

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The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) has assembled a forensic document examination team to study two pages of notes handwritten by H.R. Haldeman, chief of staff to President Richard Nixon, who served from 1969 to 1973.

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The notes, part of NARA's permanent records collection, were allegedly written during Haldeman's 11:30 a.m., June 20, 1972, meeting with Nixon in the Executive Office Building, three days after the infamous break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate complex. During this meeting, more than 18 minutes of a tape-recorded conversation between the two men were erased before the tape was turned over to a special prosecutor in response to a subpoena.

In assembling the examination team, NARA said it hopes to clear up some mysteries surrounding the June 20 meeting. According to The New York Times, the forensic team will also try to determine...